Universidad Autonoma de Chile
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6,817 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad Autonoma de Chile in 2026, the 5th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 42,311 were enrolled there in all. Twenty years of it, 2007–2026, followed by the masked student id from school to title.
University · Enrolling in 2026 · main campus region: Metropolitana
At a glance
2026- Enrolled 2026
- 32,686
- First year 2026
- 6,817
- Titles 2025
- 3,552
Largest fields: health and welfare, business and law, social sciences.
- Enrolled 2026
- 1,820
- of them in a doctorate
- 72 · 4%
- First year 2026
- 189
- Titles 2025
- 244
5.6 postgraduate students per 100 undergraduates (universities: 7.3).
- Projects 2015–2024
- 248
- Among universities
- 17 of 49
- Fondecyt
- 173
Most specialised in: biology 2, chemistry, law and political science.
Entrants, enrolment and titles
2007–2026Three counts of the same institution. Undergraduate enrolment is everyone enrolled that year, in any year of their programme; first-year entrants are the people who started; titles are the undergraduate titles and degrees it awarded.
What you can study here
2026 · mifuturo.clEvery generic programme with a page of its own that took first-year entrants here in 2026, with its campuses and list fee from Mineduc's register, and what SIES publishes on mifuturo.cl for this institution and programme: employment the year after the title, the band of the monthly income in the fourth year, and first-year retention. Each programme's name opens what this institution's own students say about it — who stays, who graduates, how long it takes — next to the programme across the country.
The first-year dropout column is PuroChile's own count on Mineduc's register: of everyone who started the programme here in 2023–2025, the share enrolled at no institution at all the following year — the three cohorts added up, never an average of three rates — beside the same programme across Chile. Changing programme or institution is not dropping out, and some who drop out come back later. “—” is a programme with fewer than 30 entrants here in those years. Across all its undergraduate programmes, 7.0% of the 19,288 people who started here in 2023–2025 were enrolled nowhere the following year; across every university programme, 8.1%.
| Programme | Entrants 2026 | Campuses | Yearly fee | Dropout, year 1 · 2023–2025 | Same programme, Chile | Employed, year 1 | Income, year 4 | Retention, year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psicología | 867 | 4 | $5.1–6.5 M | 6.3% | 6.8% | 53.2% | $1.1–1.2 M | 92.1% |
| Derecho | 694 | 4 | $5.3–6.3 M | 9.5% | 7.4% | 56.1% | $1.5–1.6 M | 84.5% |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 508 | 4 | $5.1–6.2 M | 10.7% | 7.3% | 70.3% | $1.4–1.5 M | 83.6% |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 362 | 4 | $5.1–6.9 M | 5.1% | 6.6% | 44.3% | $1.1–1.2 M | 91.2% |
| Enfermería | 345 | 4 | $5.3–6.9 M | 2.2% | 5.3% | 76.4% | $1.7–1.8 M | 91.9% |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 322 | 3 | $5.2–6.8 M | 6.5% | 6.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kinesiología | 305 | 4 | $5.3–6.9 M | 6.3% | 7.0% | 45.4% | $1.2–1.3 M | 90.4% |
| Química y Farmacia | 299 | 3 | $5.3–6.9 M | 2.7% | 3.6% | 99.2% | n/a | 93.2% |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 286 | 3 | $5.2–6.8 M | 7.6% | 5.0% | 71.8% | $1.6–1.7 M | 81.9% |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 266 | 3 | $5.9–6.9 M | 8.4% | 8.8% | 52.7% | $1.0–1.1 M | 86.0% |
| Fonoaudiología | 205 | 4 | $4.9–6.9 M | 6.1% | 7.4% | 34.1% | $0.9–1.0 M | 88.2% |
| Ingeniería en Control de Gestión | 202 | 3 | $4.0–4.6 M | 6.3% | 8.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Administración Pública | 183 | 4 | $4.9–5.1 M | 13.1% | 13.5% | 60.2% | n/a | 81.5% |
| Trabajo Social | 176 | 3 | $3.8–4.2 M | 7.0% | 18.0% | 43.1% | $1.0–1.1 M | 87.7% |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 159 | 3 | $3.8–4.8 M | 4.2% | 6.9% | 52.4% | $1.0–1.1 M | 89.9% |
| Medicina | 155 | 3 | $10.6–11.2 M | 0.3% | 1.3% | 96.0% | over $3.5 M | 99.0% |
| Ingeniería en Construcción | 143 | 3 | $5.1–5.9 M | 12.4% | 16.2% | 71.5% | $1.3–1.4 M | 83.9% |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | 139 | 3 | $3.9–4.1 M | 4.0% | 6.2% | 57.1% | $0.9–1.0 M | 96.1% |
| Arquitectura | 124 | 2 | $5.4 M | 8.4% | 6.7% | 63.0% | n/a | 82.8% |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 123 | 2 | $5.8–6.9 M | 3.2% | 3.5% | 58.7% | $1.5–1.6 M | 94.5% |
| Periodismo | 117 | 3 | $5.3–6.0 M | 6.8% | 5.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería | 114 | 2 | $5.2–6.8 M | — | 3.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Odontología | 103 | 2 | $10.1–10.8 M | 1.3% | 4.1% | 60.9% | $1.7–1.8 M | 91.6% |
| Publicidad | 100 | 1 | $5.7 M | 5.2% | 9.8% | 71.9% | n/a | 90.2% |
| Pedagogía en Idiomas | 92 | 3 | $3.9–4.5 M | 9.9% | 6.9% | 51.4% | $0.9–1.0 M | 88.3% |
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 80 | 3 | $3.6–4.1 M | 3.8% | 5.6% | 90.4% | $1.1–1.2 M | 92.7% |
| Magister en Ciencias Sociales | 71 | 1 | $5.7 M | 14.2% | 15.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | 60 | 2 | $3.9 M | 5.4% | 4.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Educación | 51 | 1 | $5.7 M | 21.0% | 11.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil Química | 45 | 1 | $6.8 M | 6.8% | 7.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | 44 | 1 | $3.9 M | 7.7% | 20.4% | 69.4% | n/a | 94.3% |
| Ingeniería en Computación e Informática | 43 | 1 | $3.6 M | 26.8% | 14.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 39 | 1 | $3.6 M | 42.2% | 22.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Psicopedagogía | 39 | 1 | $3.9 M | 4.7% | 20.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Tecnología | 38 | 1 | $4.8 M | 13.3% | 12.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Artes y Licenciatura en Artes | 36 | 1 | $3.9 M | 5.7% | 8.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano | 25 | 1 | $3.9 M | 9.7% | 6.7% | 76.1% | $1.1–1.2 M | 78.4% |
| Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales | 17 | 1 | $3.9 M | 12.9% | 8.8% | 64.2% | $1.0–1.1 M | 78.9% |
| Magister en Administración y Comercio | 14 | 1 | $5.2 M | 27.5% | 15.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas | 4 | 1 | $2.8 M | — | 11.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Ciencias Básicas | 3 | 2 | $6.5 M | — | 13.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
3 more with SIES figures and no entrants in 2026
| Programme | Entrants 2026 | Campuses | Yearly fee | Dropout, year 1 · 2023–2025 | Same programme, Chile | Employed, year 1 | Income, year 4 | Retention, year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contador Auditor | — | — | — | 5.2% | 14.2% | 76.5% | $1.3–1.4 M | n/a |
| Relaciones Públicas | — | — | — | — | 16.6% | 41.4% | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Administración de Empresas | — | — | — | — | 25.6% | 46.5% | $0.9–1.0 M | n/a |
Employment and income are SIES's own figures for this institution, published only where at least eleven graduates could be matched to a tax return; “n/a” is a figure SIES did not publish. Incomes are gross, in pesos of September 2025.
What it teaches
2026Everyone enrolled in an undergraduate programme here in 2026, 32,686 enrolments, by CINE-F field and SIES generic programme. Each tile is a programme and its area is its share; click a field's band to open it, or a tile to see that programme across the country.
Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $5,741,000 (universities: $5,901,000). It is the published price of each programme averaged over the students enrolled in it, not what each one pays: free tuition (gratuidad), scholarships and loans are not subtracted.
By SIES's generic programme, largest intake first. Only programmes that reached 10 entrants here in some year are listed; the rest are added together at the end. The change compares the first three years with the last three and is only given where both average at least 20 entrants.
| Generic programme (SIES) | First year 2026 | Enrolled 2026 | Mean list fee | 2007–2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psicología | 867 | 4,518 | $5,713,000 | +182% | |
| Derecho | 694 | 3,683 | $5,718,000 | +64% | |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 508 | 2,517 | $5,445,000 | +120% | |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 362 | 1,641 | $6,120,000 | +231% | |
| Enfermería | 345 | 1,771 | $6,123,000 | −22% | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 322 | 1,067 | $6,069,000 | — | |
| Kinesiología | 305 | 1,516 | $6,148,000 | −31% | |
| Química y Farmacia | 299 | 1,358 | $6,176,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 286 | 1,187 | $6,018,000 | — | |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 266 | 1,232 | $6,382,000 | +32% | |
| Fonoaudiología | 205 | 977 | $6,011,000 | +43% | |
| Ingeniería en Control de Gestión | 202 | 597 | $4,362,000 | — | |
| Administración Pública | 183 | 1,014 | $4,691,000 | — | |
| Trabajo Social | 176 | 847 | $3,936,000 | +2% | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 159 | 665 | $4,120,000 | −66% | |
| Medicina | 155 | 853 | $10,869,000 | +384% | |
| Ingeniería en Construcción | 143 | 628 | $5,424,000 | +182% | |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | 139 | 770 | $3,864,000 | +11% | |
| Arquitectura | 124 | 502 | $5,409,000 | +214% | |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 123 | 645 | $6,213,000 | +37% | |
| Periodismo | 117 | 579 | $5,579,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería | 114 | 125 | $6,122,000 | — | |
| Odontología | 103 | 648 | $10,484,000 | — | |
| Publicidad | 100 | 452 | $5,687,000 | — | |
| Pedagogía en Idiomas | 92 | 522 | $4,092,000 | −56% |
10 more, and every other programme
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 80 | 483 | $3,880,000 | −56% | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | 60 | 363 | $3,893,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil Química | 45 | 190 | $6,811,000 | — | |
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | 44 | 227 | $3,928,000 | +18% | |
| Ingeniería en Computación e Informática | 43 | 127 | $3,620,000 | −20% | |
| Psicopedagogía | 39 | 102 | $3,893,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 39 | 96 | $3,620,000 | — | |
| Artes y Licenciatura en Artes | 36 | 168 | $3,897,000 | — | |
| Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano | 25 | 149 | $3,926,000 | −31% | |
| Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales | 17 | 124 | $3,894,000 | −69% | |
| Every other programme | 0 | — | — | — |
9 programmes it no longer opens
Who studies here
undergraduate · 2026Its undergraduate enrolment of 2026, each split drawn over the same split for all universities. Every bar is a share of its own total, so the two can be compared whatever their size. How the first year came in is the institution's own declaration to SIES.
Where its entrants come from
2024–2026The comuna of their school, not of their home. First-year entrants of 2024–2026, followed by their masked id to the last time they finished secondary school before starting. Mineduc publishes no home address, and the school is where four years of their education happened. 19,164 of 19,928 (96.2%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.
42.8% finished school in Metropolitana, the region of its main campus.
| Temuco | 2,517 | 13.1% |
| Talca | 1,893 | 9.9% |
| Santiago | 839 | 4.4% |
| Puente Alto | 800 | 4.2% |
| Linares | 648 | 3.4% |
| Maipú | 639 | 3.3% |
| Curicó | 623 | 3.3% |
| San Bernardo | 490 | 2.6% |
| La Florida | 436 | 2.3% |
| San Miguel | 402 | 2.1% |
| La Cisterna | 345 | 1.8% |
| San Javier | 292 | 1.5% |
201 more comunas
El Bosque 283 · Ñuñoa 271 · Quilicura 252 · Villarrica 249 · Providencia 234 · Constitución 227 · Pitrufquén 213 · La Pintana 208 · Recoleta 207 · San Fernando 183 · Cauquenes 176 · Talagante 153 · La Granja 152 · Melipilla 149 · Angol 146 · Renca 143 · Rancagua 141 · Quinta Normal 138 · Molina 134 · Pudahuel 132 · Peñalolén 130 · Nueva Imperial 125 · Estación Central 120 · Paine 120 · Victoria 118 · Colina 118 · Padre las Casas 113 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 113 · Buin 110 · Santa Cruz 107 · Independencia 106 · Parral 105 · Peñaflor 104 · Loncoche 97 · San Ramón 97 · Pucón 96 · Padre Hurtado 90 · Macul 82 · Los Ángeles 81 · Lo Espejo 80 · San Vicente 78 · Maule 78 · Lautaro 77 · Carahue 76 · Vilcún 72 · Cunco 71 · Las Condes 68 · Rengo 67 · Panguipulli 67 · San Joaquín 65 · Lampa 65 · Coyhaique 60 · San Clemente 59 · Conchalí 58 · Chimbarongo 57 · La Reina 56 · Cerrillos 55 · Cholchol 54 · Traiguén 54 · Curacautín 46 · Osorno 43 · Cerro Navia 43 · Teno 41 · Castro 39 · Los Andes 38 · Retiro 36 · Licantén 35 · Collipulli 34 · Curacaví 33 · Isla de Maipo 32 · Arica 31 · Chillán 30 · San Carlos 30 · San Antonio 29 · Puerto Montt 29 · Aysén 29 · Lo Prado 29 · Iquique 28 · La Serena 27 · Antofagasta 26 · Las Cabras 26 · Perquenco 26 · Huechuraba 26 · Calama 25 · Purén 25 · Lo Barnechea 25 · San Felipe 24 · Concepción 24 · Freire 24 · Lanco 24 · Sagrada Familia 23 · Teodoro Schmidt 23 · Punta Arenas 22 · Calera de Tango 22 · Nancagua 21 · Galvarino 21 · Graneros 20 · Colbún 20 · Alto Hospicio 19 · Machalí 19 · Pichilemu 19 · Hualañé 19 · Vitacura 19 · Ancud 18 · Pelluhue 17 · Longaví 17 · Peumo 16 · Gorbea 16 · Los Sauces 16 · Valdivia 16 · Copiapó 15 · Lolol 15 · Pirque 15 · Quinta de Tilcoco 14 · Romeral 14 · Nacimiento 14 · Toltén 14 · La Unión 14 · Coltauco 13 · Doñihue 13 · Melipeuco 13 · Coquimbo 12 · Requínoa 12 · El Monte 12 · Bulnes 12 · Ovalle 11 · Valparaíso 11 · Cartagena 11 · Curepto 11 · Empedrado 11 · Mulchén 11 · San José de Maipo 11 · Viña del Mar 10 · Chépica 10 · Yerbas Buenas 10 · Cañete 10 · Lonquimay 10 · Mariquina 10 · Río Bueno 10 · Peralillo 9 · Talcahuano 9 · Hualpén 9 · Illapel 8 · Vichuquén 8 · San Pedro de la Paz 8 · Lumaco 8 · Quellón 8 · Villa Alegre 7 · Saavedra 7 · Puerto Varas 7 · Alhué 7 · San Nicolás 7 · Los Vilos 6 · La Ligua 6 · Cabildo 6 · Algarrobo 6 · Palmilla 6 · Río Claro 6 · Chanco 6 · Arauco 6 · Tirúa 6 · Tiltil 6 · María Pinto 6 · Caldera 5 · Quillota 5 · Calera 5 · Santo Domingo 5 · Litueche 5 · Chiguayante 5 · Lebu 5 · Laja 5 · Los Lagos 5 · Futrono 5 · Tocopilla 4 · Calle Larga 4 · Quilpué 4 · Pichidegua 4 · Paredones 4 · Pelarco 4 · Pencahue 4 · Coronel 4 · Frutillar 4 · Quinchao 4 · Natales 4 · Isla de Pascua 3 · Papudo 3 · El Quisco 3 · El Tabo 3 · Villa Alemana 3 · Mostazal 3 · Olivar 3 · Marchihue 3 · Cabrero 3 · Curarrehue 3 · Los Muermos 3 · Maullín 3 · Queilén 3 · Río Negro 3 · Porvenir 3 · Paillaco 3 · San Fabián 3
66 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 97 entrants; they are not named.
How they chose it
DEMRE · 2021–2026Centralised admission only. DEMRE's register of the universities in the national admission system: every preference of every regular applicant, and who enrolled through it. Direct admission — the way most people enter an institute or a CFT, and some university programmes — is not in it. In 2026, 6,678 applicants put a programme of Universidad Autonoma de Chile as their first choice and 43,738 included one somewhere on their list.
The order of the programme they enrolled in, on the list they applied with.
PAES scale, which starts in 2023; the years before are another test on another scale and are not drawn. Each bar is a share of its own entrants.
Who is still here a year later
cohorts 2007–2025Each year's first-year entrants, followed into the next year's register: still enrolled here (in any programme), enrolled at another institution, or not enrolled anywhere. It is SIES's first-year retention, counted on the published register; a cohort under 30 people has no rate.
Who graduates, and when
titles 2007–2025Each cohort of first-year entrants followed into the register of titles: the share with an undergraduate title from this institution, by years since they started. A recent cohort has a short line, not a low one — the register only goes to 2025. A title is any undergraduate title or degree, including the intermediate ones some programmes award on the way; the register does not tell them apart.
Horizontal axis: years since entry (0 is the year they started).
4,218 people started here in 2015. "Titled elsewhere" is a title from any other institution and no title from this one: someone who changed institution and finished there.
How long it really takes
titles 2023–2025Undergraduate titles of 2023–2025 in regular plans: the time from the start of the semester they entered (March or August) to the date of the title, in semesters, against the formal length the institution declares. Special and continuation plans are left out, because they take in people with earlier studies whose clock did not start at entry. 11,784 of 11,904 titles have the dates to be measured.
| Generic programme (SIES) | Titles | Formal, years | Real, years | On time | Real in Chile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psicología | 1,655 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 78% | 5.7 |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 1,053 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 37% | 6.1 |
| Derecho | 914 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 17% | 8.4 |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 902 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 68% | 5.7 |
| Enfermería | 774 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 54% | 6.0 |
| Kinesiología | 614 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 27% | 6.1 |
| Fonoaudiología | 609 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 44% | 6.1 |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 513 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 55% | 6.1 |
| Trabajo Social | 499 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 79% | 5.0 |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 458 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 31% | 6.2 |
| Medicina | 349 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 64% | 7.5 |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 332 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 39% | 6.9 |
| Ingeniería en Construcción | 330 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 8% | 6.1 |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 315 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 66% | 5.6 |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | 293 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 87% | 5.0 |
| Contador Auditor | 275 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 28% | 5.3 |
| Odontología | 233 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 33% | 7.5 |
| Química y Farmacia | 213 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 48% | 7.1 |
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 201 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 80% | 5.4 |
| Pedagogía en Idiomas | 201 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 54% | 5.8 |
Programmes with at least ten titles in the three years. Years are means over every title, formal and real alike; "on time" is the share titled within the formal length. The last column is the same generic programme at every institution in Chile.
Where its campuses are
4 communes · 2026Where it teaches, not where its students are from. First-year entrants of 2026 by the commune of the campus they enrolled at.
| Providencia | 1,948 |
| Temuco | 1,833 |
| Talca | 1,752 |
| San Miguel | 1,284 |
Postgraduate
2007–2026First year of a master's or a doctorate, and everyone enrolled in one. At this level the register classifies into broad fields, not programmes.
Where its postgraduate students did their undergraduate degree
Postgraduate entrants of 2024–2026, followed back to their most recent undergraduate title. 879 of 1,021 (86.1%) have one in the register, which starts in 2007; the rest graduated earlier or abroad, which is not the same as having no degree. Of those found, 22.2% graduated here (universities: 29.0% stay at their own).
Left, where each entrant took their last undergraduate title; right, the postgraduate field they started here. Ribbon width is people. Only the eight largest institutions are named; the rest, and any contributing fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».
| Undergraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad Autonoma de Chile (itself) | 195 | 19.1% |
| Universidad Santo Tomas | 53 | 5.2% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 38 | 3.7% |
| Universidad de las Americas | 35 | 3.4% |
| Universidad San Sebastian | 28 | 2.7% |
| Universidad Catolica de Temuco | 25 | 2.4% |
| Universidad Arturo Prat | 22 | 2.2% |
| Universidad Catolica del Maule | 21 | 2.1% |
| Universidad Tecnologica de Chile INACAP | 19 | 1.9% |
| Universidad Mayor | 18 | 1.8% |
| IP DUOC UC | 18 | 1.8% |
| Universidad del Bio-Bio | 17 | 1.7% |
| Other institutions | 390 | 38.2% |
| No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad) | 142 | 13.9% |
Where its graduates go on to a postgraduate degree
People with an undergraduate title from here in 2010–2021, followed forward to the first master's or doctorate they started, anywhere, up to 2026. 2,373 of 29,945 (7.9%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 16.3% of them here.
Left, the field of the undergraduate title they took here; right, the institution where they started a master's or a doctorate in Chile. Ribbon width is people. Only the ten largest destinations are named; the rest, and any receiving fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».
| Postgraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad Andres Bello | 396 | 16.7% |
| Universidad Autonoma de Chile (itself) | 386 | 16.3% |
| Universidad Mayor | 301 | 12.7% |
| Universidad Catolica del Maule | 196 | 8.3% |
| Universidad de Talca | 155 | 6.5% |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 136 | 5.7% |
| Universidad San Sebastian | 70 | 2.9% |
| Universidad de Chile | 69 | 2.9% |
| Universidad de la Frontera | 67 | 2.8% |
| Universidad Santo Tomas | 50 | 2.1% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 43 | 1.8% |
| Universidad Finis Terrae | 40 | 1.7% |
Research
ANID · 2006–2025The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad Autonoma de Chile as principal institution — the one that answers for the project. Each figure is a count of awarded projects: not publications, not money, not people, and a project with partners counts once, here. The year is the year it was decided.
Projects awarded each year
By OECD area · 2015–2024
By ANID programme · 2015–2024
What it is specialised in: Fondecyt's study groups
Its Fondecyt projects of 2015–2024, by the panel each was evaluated in. Specialisation is Balassa's revealed advantage: the group's share here over its share in Chile; above 1, it weighs more here than in the country.
| Study group | Its projects declare mostly | Projects | % | Specialisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology 2 | biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia | 18 | 10.4 | 3.29 |
| Chemistry | quimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica | 33 | 19.1 | 2.44 |
| Law and political science | cienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico | 20 | 11.6 | 2.32 |
| Sociology | sociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo | 13 | 7.5 | 1.94 |
| Interdisciplinary research | cambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros | 6 | 3.5 | 1.79 |
| History | historia de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia | 8 | 4.6 | 1.68 |
| Psychology | psicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia | 7 | 4.0 | 1.57 |
| Biology 3 | biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica | 11 | 6.4 | 1.52 |
| Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) | medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia | 9 | 5.2 | 1.49 |
| Arts and architecture | musica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia | 5 | 2.9 | 1.28 |
| Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) | medicina g2-g3 - cs. clinicas y cs. de la salud publica, enfermedades de la nutricion y endocrinologia and anestesiologia reanimacion tratamiento intensivo medicina critica | 6 | 3.5 | 1.15 |
| Agronomy | ciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura | 8 | 4.6 | 1.13 |
| Education | pedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica | 8 | 4.6 | 0.86 |
| Linguistics and literature | linguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena | 4 | 2.3 | 0.66 |
| Theoretical and experimental physics | fisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales | 3 | 1.7 | 0.56 |
| Geography and urbanism | geografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural | 2 | 1.2 | 0.53 |
| Biology 1 | ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina | 2 | 1.2 | 0.28 |
| Engineering 3 | ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria | 2 | 1.2 | 0.28 |
| Engineering 1 | ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica | 2 | 1.2 | 0.27 |
| Economics and management | cs. economicas y administrativas, finanzas and teoria economica | 1 | 0.6 | 0.24 |
| Philosophy | filosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica | 1 | 0.6 | 0.22 |
| Engineering 2 | ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control | 2 | 1.2 | 0.19 |
| Earth sciences | oceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia | 1 | 0.6 | 0.19 |
| Astronomy, cosmology and particles | astronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia | 1 | 0.6 | 0.12 |
Where that falls in Chile's knowledge network
One dot per study group, sized by Chile's projects, coloured by OECD area. Two groups are joined when the institutions specialised in one tend to be specialised in the other too — the proximity of Hidalgo, Klinger, Barabási and Hausmann (2007), computed over the 39 institutions with 40 or more projects. Filled: the 12 groups Universidad Autonoma de Chile is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.
Institutions that research something similar
Affinity compares two institutions' mix of Fondecyt study groups: 100 is the same mix, 0 nothing in common. «In common» are the groups both are specialised in. It is similarity of agenda, not collaboration: ANID publishes only the principal institution of each project, and no network of who works with whom can be read from it.
| Institution | Affinity | Specialised, both, in |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins | 77 | Arts and architecture · History · Interdisciplinary research · Law and political science · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) · Chemistry |
| Universidad de Chile | 76 | Arts and architecture · Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) · Chemistry |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 75 | Biology 2 · Biology 3 · History · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Chemistry · Sociology |
| Universidad de Santiago de Chile | 72 | Biology 3 · History · Chemistry |
| Universidad de Talca | 70 | Agronomy · Law and political science · Psychology · Chemistry |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 68 | Agronomy · Biology 3 · Interdisciplinary research · Chemistry |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 66 | Arts and architecture · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) · Psychology |
| Universidad de Valparaiso | 65 | Arts and architecture · Biology 2 · History · Interdisciplinary research · Law and political science · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Sociology |
Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad Autonoma de Chile, blue its 8 closest.
The newest competitions · 2025–2026
From the 2025 competitions ANID classifies every project by OECD discipline (the second level of the Frascati Manual), and Fondecyt evaluates in new groups. These 55 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.
ANID's historical register of awarded projects (CC0), cut at 31 December 2025. Institutions are matched to the SIES by name, with an explicit table for ANID's other spellings; foundations, centres and faculties with a legal personality of their own count as their own institution. Research across Chile →
The names it registers its programmes under
35 names · 2026The wording each student enrolled under, as the institution filed it. Only names with at least three entrants are printed.
20 more names, together 1,638 entrants.
Similar institutions
Other universities with a first-year intake of similar size in 2026.
Mineduc's higher-education registers (SIES): enrolment 2007–2026 and titles 2007–2025; Mineduc's register of secondary-school leavers; and DEMRE's admission register, republished by Mineduc. They are joined person by person through the masked student id Mineduc publishes in all of them for that purpose. First-year entrants are one row per person who started that year; someone who started at two institutions counts at one. Every figure is a count of records; shares and means are taken after adding. The name is the register's own and is written as it writes it. Every university.